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Line 120: − + − + − Pope Francis is set to sign a treaty that includes a provision that will recognize "[[Palestine]]" as a state.<ref name="recognizepalestine">[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/world/middleeast/vatican-to-recognize-palestinian-state-in-new-treaty.html New York Times: ''Vatican to recognize Palestinian State in new treaty'']</ref> He called [[Palestinian Authority]] leader [[Mahmoud Abbas]] a “man of peace” and in May 2015 he even told him: “I have thought of you: that you could be an angel of peace.”<ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/257195/pope-and-palestinians-william-kilpatrick THE POPE AND THE PALESTINIANS]. ''FrontpageMag''. May 19, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2018.</ref>+
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!colspan="2" style="background:#306EFF;text-align:center"|'''<big>Pope Francis</big>'''
!colspan="2" style="background:#306EFF;text-align:center"|'''<big>Pope Francis</big>'''
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|[[File:Card. Jorge Bergoglio SJ, 2008.jpg|right|200px|thumb|His Holiness, Pope Francis.]]
|<center>[[File:Pope Francis I.jpg|right|200px|thumb|His Holiness, Pope Francis.]]</center>
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|Papacy Began: 13 March 2013
|Papacy Began: 13 March 2013
[[Africa]]n Catholics fully repudiated Pope Francis's approval of blessings for [[homosexual]]s, and he accepted their defiance as a "special case" due to culture,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/europe/pope-francis-defends-same-sex-blessings-intl/index.html</ref> but pushed back against [[conservative]]s in [[Europe]] and the [[U.S.]] who have likewise criticized him.
[[Africa]]n Catholics fully repudiated Pope Francis's approval of blessings for [[homosexual]]s, and he accepted their defiance as a "special case" due to culture,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/europe/pope-francis-defends-same-sex-blessings-intl/index.html</ref> but pushed back against [[conservative]]s in [[Europe]] and the [[U.S.]] who have likewise criticized him.
== Background ==
== Background ==
[[File:Card. Jorge Bergoglio SJ, 2008.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Pope Francis when he was Cardinal of [[Buenos Aires]].]]
Pope Francis entered the Society of Jesus in 1958. As a [[Jesuit]], Cardinal Bergoglio rejected and opposed [[liberation theology]] in [[South America]].
Pope Francis entered the Society of Jesus in 1958. As a [[Jesuit]], Cardinal Bergoglio rejected and opposed [[liberation theology]] in [[South America]].
His holiness remains an adamant supporter of [[Social Justice]]. His 2009 speech, titled Las deudas sociales de nuestro tiempo, or The Social Debts of our Time, lays out his views on the world's inequality, between rich and poor, especially in [[Argentina]]. He further rebuked the wealthy, claiming that "You ''[the wealthy]'' avoid taking into account the poor. We have no right to duck down, to lower the arms carried by those in despair. We must reclaim the memory of our country who has a mother, recover the memory of our Mother."
His holiness remains an adamant supporter of [[Social Justice]]. His 2009 speech, titled Las deudas sociales de nuestro tiempo, or The Social Debts of our Time, lays out his views on the world's inequality, between rich and poor, especially in [[Argentina]]. He further rebuked the wealthy, claiming that "You ''[the wealthy]'' avoid taking into account the poor. We have no right to duck down, to lower the arms carried by those in despair. We must reclaim the memory of our country who has a mother, recover the memory of our Mother."
=== "Palestine" and Israel ===
=== Palestine and Israel ===
{{See also|List of States which recognize Palestine as an independent state.}}
The Holy See signed a treaty that included a provision that recognized [[State of Palestine|Palestine]] as a state in 2015.<ref name="recognizepalestine">[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/world/middleeast/vatican-to-recognize-palestinian-state-in-new-treaty.html New York Times: ''Vatican to recognize Palestinian State in new treaty'']</ref> He called [[Palestinian Authority]] leader [[Mahmoud Abbas]] a “man of peace” and in May 2015 he even told him: “I have thought of you: that you could be an angel of peace.”<ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/257195/pope-and-palestinians-william-kilpatrick THE POPE AND THE PALESTINIANS]. ''FrontpageMag''. May 19, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2018.</ref>
=== Communism and Christianity ===
=== Communism and Christianity ===